"But who is that outlaw?" Harry asked out loud his question, "If you're going to be cursed for the rest of your life, it's better to die, right?" ”

"Yes," Ferenze agreed, "unless you're just delaying your life with it so you can drink something else." It's something that completely restores you to energy and magic, something that makes you immortal. Mr. Potter, do you know what is hiding in the school at the moment?"

"Philosopher's Stone! Of course, the elixir of life! But I don't understand who ......"

"Don't you think? Who has waited silently for so many years, eager to make a comeback...... Who clings to life and waits for the right moment? Ferencze kept the obvious questions in mind.

For a moment, it was as if an iron claw had suddenly grabbed Harry's heart. For a moment, he didn't even feel the pain in his calf, just gasping for air, as if he would suffocate immediately if he didn't do so.

"Do you mean," said Harry in a deep, hoarse voice, "it's the ground—"

Maca didn't care what Harry said, he was with Hermione at the moment, she didn't seem to be doing well, her little face was slightly white, and she was silent all the time.

"What's wrong, Hermione?" Maca asked, looking at her.

"No, it's nothing, I'm just-" Hermione pursed her lips, "I just feel like I've read so many books and learned so much." But when you need to—"

"If I could have used a levitation charm at the time, Harry wouldn't have been hurt."

Maca shook her head lightly and whispered, "This has to be done step by step." And it's time to narrow down your learning, at least learn how to pick and choose first. ”

Hermione nodded, Maca had said something like that a few times, but it wasn't until now that she had really listened a little.

"Alright, the target has been found this time, we should go back!" Hagrid clapped his hands.

As Maca said, Harry's leg injury healed so quickly that he didn't even wait until the next day. In a surprised compliment, he and Hermione chatted with Ron for a long time. In the common room, Harry voiced his guess that Snape had stolen the Philosopher's Stone in order to give it to Voldemort.

To that end, Harry excitedly told Hermione and Ron about the discovery. Suddenly, Harry's excitement, Ron's panic, and Hermione's worry were all apparent, and the three of them began their final semester life facing the exams with their own minds.

……

The situation of the examination is naturally different.

Harry, for example, had been worrying about where Voldemort would come from, and this speculation had often disturbed him. But as the days passed, it seemed that Lou Wei was still behind the locked door, snoring unharmed.

Hermione, for example, has been working intensively lately - she always feels that her knowledge is not strong enough, so she still recites or transcribes it over and over again.

Another example is maca. Uh- he doesn't seem to have much to say, because his mind is not on the test at all. Every day is either studying the material theory of Potions, or he is scolding the volume of truth, and he does not mention it at all.

As the days passed, the exams finally arrived.

Surprisingly, Maca almost missed the first exam. This is just because he still choked the time as usual, and rushed to the classroom that was supposed to be scheduled for the day before the start of class, but he didn't remember that it was already the day of the exam!

The time for exams always passes quickly, and it doesn't take long for the tense exams to end.

While Harry and the others were relaxing in the warm sunshine, Maca had returned to the library to continue his research. Not to mention, he already has some eyebrows about the symbols on the scroll of truth lately, and it is estimated that he will soon be able to make something up.

And because of this, it didn't take long for him to leave the library. This time, he went straight to the Room of Requirement – he had some interesting ideas he wanted to try.

While Maca was excited about her findings, Harry and the others learned some terrible news from Hagrid.

“…… Hagrid, I have one thing to ask you. Do you remember the night you won Noble by playing cards? What does that stranger you play with look like? ”

"I don't know," Hagrid said nonchalantly, "he won't take off his cloak." ”

He saw the consternation on the faces of the three children, and he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows in surprise.

"What's so strange about this, the pig's head pub - the same pub in the village, always frequented by some quirky guys. That guy must be a dragon peddler. I haven't been able to see his face, he's wearing a hood! ”

Harry plopped down and sat down on the ground.

"What did you tell him, Hagrid? Did you mention Hogwarts? ”

"Maybe I mentioned it." Hagrid frowned and recalled, "That's right...... He asked me what I do, and I told him I was the hunting ground guard here. He asked me a little bit which animals I was looking after, and I told him...... Then I said I had always wanted a dragon in particular. ”

"Later...... I don't remember much, but he kept buying me wine to drink. Let me think about it again, yes, and then he said he had a dragon egg in his hand, and we could play cards and bet if I wanted to, but he had to find out if I was capable of dealing with the dragon. He didn't want the dragon to run out and cause trouble! So I told him that I was even obedient to Lou Wei, and that a dragon was nothing—"

"Does he look ...... Seem interested in Loe? He asked, trying to keep his tone calm.

"yes, I'm interested - how many dogs with three heads can you meet, even near Hogwarts? So I told him that Lou Wei is actually very easy to deal with, and that you just need to know how to calm it down, put some music on it, and it will fall asleep in no time—"

At this point, Hagrid's face suddenly showed a look of horror and regret.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione immediately got up and left, and they remained silent until they reached the foyer before they stopped.

"We have to find Dumbledore—"

Harry walked back and forth, but couldn't figure out how to find him. As they hesitated, Professor McGonagall appeared behind them.

"If you have to find Professor Dumbledore, he left ten minutes ago." "He received an urgent letter from the owl from the Ministry of Magic," she said coldly, and immediately flew to London. ”

"He's gone?" Harry said anxiously, "At this time? ”

"Professor Dumbledore is a great wizard, and he has a lot of time to lose—"

"But it's very important!"

When Harry blurted out the word "Philosopher's Stone", Professor McGonagall was shocked and the book fell to the ground.

"How do you know—" she stammered.

"Professor, I think, I know Snee...... Someone tried to steal the Philosopher's Stone. I have to talk to Professor Dumbledore! ”

Professor McGonagall looked at him with a mixture of consternation and suspicion. Obviously, she couldn't believe it, and seemed confident in the Philosopher's defenses.

Eventually, she left the phrase "I suggest you go outside and bask in the sun" and left in a hurry.

"Tonight," Harry said quickly, making sure Professor McGonagall was too far away to hear, "Snape is going through the trapdoor tonight." He'd got everything he needed, and now he'd tricked Dumbledore out of school. He must have sent the letter, and I'm sure the Ministry of Magic would have been taken aback to see Dumbledore suddenly appear. ”

"But what can we—"

Hermione took a sharp breath of air, and Harry and Ron turned to find Snape standing behind them.

"Good afternoon, little lions." He looked at them and said with a sneer.

"You shouldn't be inside in such weather." Snape's face twisted into a wry smile.

"We were in—" Harry found himself at a loss for what to say.

"You need to be careful," Snape said, "and you're going to think you're trying to do something bad." Gryffindor can't afford to drop any more points, can they? ”

Harry blushed at this, and they turned and walked outside, but Snape called them back again.

"A word of caution, Potter. If you wander around in the middle of the night, I'm going to fire you personally!" Snape sneered, "Have fun." ”

As soon as the three of them reached the stone steps outside, Harry couldn't wait to speak.

"Well, we have to do it now," he whispered eagerly, "and one of them is in charge of keeping an eye on Snape, waiting outside the staff lounge. If he comes out, follow him! Hermione, this is best left to you. ”

Hermione wanted to ask why it was her, but when the words came to her lips, they became something else.

"Why don't you talk to Maca first?"

It was clear that she trusted Maca more than Harry and Ron.

Harry thought about it for a moment, and thought that maybe it was true, as Hermione had said, that Maca always had some way to go, and that she had always been very comfortable with breaking the school rules.

But when they searched almost the whole school, but still didn't find where Maca was, they couldn't help but wonder.

"Where did Maca go?" Ron scratched his scalp and wondered.

"Where else can he go, I should say—we've been everywhere!" Hermione was puzzled, too.

All three hesitated for a moment, but Harry made a decision.

"Let's go according to the plan we just had!" "Let's split up and keep an eye on Snape first," he said. ”